2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Charleston, SC vs Germantown, MD

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Highlights
- Germantown has 2% less violent crime than Charleston.
- Germantown has 26% less property crime than Charleston.
 Charleston, SCGermantown, MDUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock17.422.7
 Property Crime35.9  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Germantown    8 Reviews

When I first moved to Germantown, this city was up and coming. It still felt like the country and the air was breathable and not as much traffic. That was in 2010. In 3  More

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Over 12 years ago

Montgomery County is not a dog friendly place if you own pets. The dog regulations do not favor the dog or dog owner and one should consider Frederick, Howard or Carroll  More

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Over 13 years ago

Everything costs more here because of the proximity to Washington D.C. I came from Long Island, NY where it was also expensive. Since I've been here costs go up, but  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Charleston, South CarolinaCrime Index
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 Ridgeville, SC8.4
 Mount Pleasant, SC19.1
 Sullivan's Island, SC21.05
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